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High · 7.4 CVE-2023-1299 EUVD-2023-1100GHSA-rqm8-q8j9-662fGO-2023-1633

Nomad Job Submitter Privilege Escalation Using Workload Identity

Published Mar 14, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by HashiCorp

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.0 allow a job submitter to escalate to management-level privileges using workload identity and task API. Fixed in 1.5.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
HashiCorp Nomad 1.5.0 —
HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise 1.5.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nomad No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nomad No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.18 nomad 1.5.1-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/hashicorp/nomad >= 1.5.0, < 1.5.1 1.5.1 GHSA-rqm8-q8j9-662f

References